Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Make your own sock-puppet.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
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Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
PCHS Band, 1950
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Book card in the Park City Library
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
On a guided hike with Hal
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Highline spur during the winter
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Jacob A. Riis, “I Scrubs” – Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-1892; reproduction on modern gelatin printing out paper, original 4 x 5 inches; From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 90.13.4.132.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Crossing the Border
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
artist known as “Army,” Organized Crime—Oklahoma City, 1940; 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, ink on paper; Courtesy of University of Central Oklahoma Galleries and Collections.
Test your flexibility!
Thaynes Headframe
December 28, 2011
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Crossing the Border
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
PCHS Band, 1950
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
In Cahoots
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
The Way We Worked
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
PCHS Band, 1950
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Postcard, “Entrance to Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.” c. 1914. 4 x 6 in. Published by the American Art Publishing Co., New York. Private Collection.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Test your flexibility!
December 28, 2011
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Silver King Headframe
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Going Places
Utah Humanities Council
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Go Figure!
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
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Going Places
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
